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Global Biochar Fertilizer Market: Key Trends, Market Share, Growth Drivers, and Forecast for 2024-2033Strategic hire underscores Assembly's commitment to bolstering its leadership team to deliver best-in-class services and results for its clients. NEW YORK , Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Assembly, a leading global marketing agency within the Stagwell (STGW) network, today announced the appointment of Josh Berman as Executive Vice President, Assembly Lead. Earlier this year, Assembly unveiled a new operating structure with teams organized into 'Assemblies' based on geography and industry sector. Based in New York , Berman will co-lead Assembly East, focusing on deepening brand relationships, driving innovation, and providing more rigor, expertise, and growth for clients. Berman brings 15 years of media industry experience to Assembly. Most recently, as Managing Partner and Client Lead at Wavemaker, he led media planning and buying for a major Church & Dwight brand and contributed to global product development initiatives, leveraging data and technology to craft effective marketing solutions. Over his career, Josh has partnered with marquee brands across various industries, including Citi, Campbell's , IKEA, Tiffany & Co., Amgen, Marriott, and AT&T. Berman's appointment is part of Assembly's ongoing growth efforts, ensuring that the agency remains at the forefront of the industry and continues to meet clients' evolving needs. "Our clients get the best of both worlds—an agency big enough to lead yet small enough to care—which means each client receives the attention, dedicated leadership, and prioritization the industry and clients are demanding," said Rick Acampora , Global CEO of Assembly. "Josh's extensive experience in media strategy, analytics, client leadership, and innovation, coupled with his ability to fuse media and creative to unlock and accelerate brand performance, will be instrumental as we continue to elevate and find the change that fuels growth for our clients. We are thrilled to have him join our team." Berman's role is effective immediately. ABOUT ASSEMBLY Assembly is a leading global omnichannel media agency that merges data, talent, and technology to catalyze growth for the world's most esteemed brands. Our holistic approach weaves together compelling brand narratives with a comprehensive suite of global media capabilities, driving performance and fostering significant business expansion. Our initiatives are powered by STAGE, our proprietary operating system, and executed by a dedicated global team of over 2,300 professionals across 35 offices worldwide. Committed to purposeful action, Assembly leads the way in social and environmental impact within the agency realm. As a proud member of Stagwell, the challenger network designed to revolutionize marketing, Assembly continues to set new standards of excellence. For more information, please visit assemblyglobal.com . Contact Mariana Delacqua mariana.delacqua@assemblyglobal.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/josh-berman-joins-assembly-as-evp-assembly-lead-in-north-america-302337752.html SOURCE Assembly
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Apple Explains Why It Doesn't Plan to Create a Search EngineProposed weekend special session of West Virginia Legislature raises questionsA Pima County judge rejected preservationists' bid for a preliminary injunction to stop Pima Community College from demolishing three historic, long-vacant Tucson motels. Superior Court Judge Brenden J. Griffin's ruling Thursday came after arguments by the Arizona Preservation Foundation and Tucson Historical Preservation Foundation and by defendant PCC. Griffin said his decision was based on Pima Community College being a “political subdivision” and not a “state agency,” a distinction he said removes any requirement in state law for the college to undertake historic preservation of its properties. The plaintiffs will appeal, said Demion Clinco, CEO of the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation and a former PCC Governing Board chair. A judge ruled demolition plans may proceed for three long-closed historic motels — Tucson Inn, Copper Cactus Inn and Frontier Motel — located along West Drachman Street on the north side of the Pima Community College downtown campus. Historic preservationists said they will appeal to a higher court. “Of course we’re disappointed, but this is a significant decision. So, it being pushed to the Court of Appeals is not really a surprise at all,” Clinco said after the hearing. “Ultimately, we strongly believe that Pima Community College is subject to the Arizona State Historic Preservation Act and has responsibilities under the law to consult with the State Historic Preservation Office and protect these resources,” Clinco said. “Because, as was noted during the hearing, these are important cultural assets that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.” Griffin’s decision included lifting a temporary restraining order blocking demolition that was briefly granted earlier this month until full arguments could be heard in court. The order will be lifted as of Dec. 27, which Griffin said will give the plaintiffs time to take their case to the Arizona Court of Appeals. The 1940s-’50s-era motels — the Tucson Inn, Frontier Motel and Copper Cactus — are located on Drachman Street north of downtown Tucson. “We are pleased that the court has confirmed that state historic preservation laws do not apply to local governments like Pima College or college decisions about the Drachman properties," PCC officials said in a statement to the Arizona Daily Star. "We are also pleased that the court refused to issue the injunction and provided plaintiffs with only a limited time to seek review of the court’s decision." “While we respect the right of opponents to pursue further legal action, ongoing litigation will delay our efforts to address critical safety and security issues on the site," and to direct taxpayer resources away from the rundown motels' costly renovation needs and back to "our educational mission and the students we serve," PCC said. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month after the PCC Governing Board capped a years-long debate over the properties by voting in November to demolish the structures but to try to save their neon signs. The college estimated the vote will save up to $35.7 million that would have been needed to restore the motels. Plaintiffs' attorney Benjamin Rundall argued Thursday that preservation laws apply to political subdivisions such as PCC, while the college's lawyer Robert D. Haws argued otherwise. “There’s not any clear precedent," Rundall said, "but we still think that our argument is the right argument, which is that these preservation statutes have to include political subdivisions, because everything in Arizona is a political subdivision. So, if it doesn’t apply to political subdivisions, it really doesn’t apply to anybody — meaning that Arizona residents don’t benefit from any preservation laws," he said. PCC General Counsel Jeff Silvyn, also present at the hearing with Haws, declined to comment on the judge’s decision. The three motels were purchased by the college in 2018 and 2019 at costs of more than $1 million for the Tucson Inn and about $1.3 million for the Frontier Motel and Copper Cactus. Over the last seven years, possible uses for the properties were discussed by the college — a culinary and hospitality program; a diversity, equity and inclusion center; a teaching and learning center; an innovation center; or an education technology lab, with cost estimates for renovation ranging up to $35.7 million. In the meantime, the buildings have sat vacant, sustaining damage from weather and vandalism. The demolition costs are estimated at $500,000 by the college. Reporter Prerana Sannappanavar covers higher education for the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson.com . Contact her at psannappa1@tucson.com . Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. 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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — In the two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidency, he’s tried to demonstrate his dominance by naming loyalists for top administration positions, even though many lack expertise and some face sexual misconduct accusations. It often seems like he’s daring Congress to oppose his decisions. But on Thursday, Trump’s attempt to act with impunity showed a crack as Matt Gaetz , his choice for attorney general, withdrew from consideration. Trump had named Gaetz, a Florida congressman, to be the country’s top law enforcement official even though he was widely disliked by his colleagues, has little legal experience and was accused of having sex with an underage girl, an allegation he denied. After being plagued by investigations during his first presidency, Trump wanted a devoted ally in charge of the Justice Department during his second. However, it was never obvious that Gaetz could win enough support from lawmakers to get confirmed as attorney general. Trump chose for a replacement Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who defended him during his first impeachment trial and supported his false claims of voter fraud. Now the question is whether Gaetz was uniquely unpalatable, or if Trump’s other picks might exceed his party’s willingness to overlook concerns that would have sunk nominees in a prior political era. The next test will likely be Pete Hegseth, who Trump wants to lead the Pentagon despite an allegation of sexual assault that he’s denied. So far, Republicans are rallying around Hegseth , an Army veteran and former Fox News host. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the controversy over Gaetz would have little bearing on Trump’s other choices. He said they would be considered “one at a time.” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat, suggested otherwise, claiming “the dominoes are falling.” “The drip drip of evidence and truth is going to eventually doom some others,” he said. Trump’s election victory was a sign that there may not be many red lines left in American politics. He won the presidential race despite authoritarian, racist and misogynist rhetoric, not to mention years of lies about election fraud and his role in sparking the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was also criminally convicted of falsifying business records to pay hush money, and he was found liable for sexual abuse in a civil case. Empowered by voters who looked past his misconduct and saw him as a powerful agent of change, Trump has shown no deference to Washington norms while working to fill his second administration . The transition team hasn’t pursued federal background checks for Trump’s personnel choices. While some of his selections have extensive experience in the areas they’ve been chosen to lead, others are personal friends and Fox News personalities who have impressed and flattered Trump over the years. Several have faced allegations involving sexual misconduct . Hegseth is facing the most scrutiny after Gaetz. Once Trump announced Hegseth as his nominee for Pentagon chief, allegations emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman in California in 2017. The woman said he took her phone, blocked the door to the hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a police report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing, the report said. However, he paid the woman a confidential settlement in 2023. Hegseth’s lawyer said the payment was made to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. Trump’s choice for secretary of health and human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has faced allegations of misconduct too. A woman who babysat for him and his second wife told Vanity Fair magazine that Kennedy groped her in the late 1990s, when she was 23. Kennedy did not deny the allegation and texted an apology to the woman after the article was published. That isn’t the only hurdle for Kennedy; he’s spent years spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines, raising fears about making him a top health official in the new administration. Linda McMahon, chosen by Trump to be education secretary, is fighting a lawsuit connected to her former company, World Wrestling Entertainment. She’s accused of knowingly enabling sexual exploitation of children by an employee as early as the 1980s, and she denies the allegations. Tulsi Gabbard is another person who could face a difficult confirmation battle, but for very different reasons. The former Democratic representative from Hawaii has been a vocal Trump ally, and he chose her to be national intelligence director. But there’s grave concern by lawmakers and national security officials over Gabbard’s history of echoing Russian propaganda. Critics said she would endanger relationships with U.S. allies. Gaetz was investigated by federal law enforcement for sex trafficking, but the case was closed without charges and Republicans have blocked the release of a related report from the House Ethics Committee. However, some allegations leaked out, including that Gaetz paid women for sex. One of the women testified to the committee that she saw Gaetz having sex with a 17-year-old girl, according to a lawyer for the woman. As Gaetz met with senators this week, it became clear that he would face stubborn resistance from lawmakers who were concerned about his behavior and believed he was unqualified to run the Justice Department. “While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction,” Gaetz wrote on social media when announcing his withdrawal. Sen. Mike Braun, an Indiana Republican, said he believed there were four to six members of the caucus who would have voted against Gaetz, likely dooming his nomination, and “the math got too hard.” He said some of the issues and allegations around Gaetz were “maybe beyond the pale.” “I think there were just too many things, it was like a leaky dike, and you know, it broke,” Braun said. Trump thanked Gaetz in a post on Truth Social, his social media website, without addressing the substance of the allegations against him. “He was doing very well but, at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect,” Trump wrote. Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves and Lisa Macaro contributed from Washington. Jill Colvin in New York and Adriana Gomez Licon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, also contributed.Eli Lilly's Obesity Drug Wins Approval In Sleep Apnea; Will ResMed Dive?Mora’s contract extension will run through 2028 and will pay him $10 million through the remaining four years, with the opportunity to earn more in incentives. The 63-year-old coach is set to make $1.7 million next season, $1.9 million in 2026 and $2.3 and $2.4 million in 2027 and 2028, respectively. UConn then went out and thrashed North Carolina, 27-14, in a game that wasn’t as close as the score indicated. “I am forever grateful. I’m grateful to (athletic director) David (Benedict) and (school president) Radenka (Maric) and the Board of Trustees, but this is about what the (UConn players) did today,” Mora said when asked about the extension in the postgame press conference. In a statement released by UConn ahead of the game, Mora said: “I’d like to thank David Benedict, Radenka Maric and the University of Connecticut leadership for their trust in me and their commitment to our football program. When I first got here, I talked about where we wanted this program to go and we have shown great progress but we still have plenty of work to do. The commitment and dedication from the university and the athletic department has me excited about the future for our football team.” “Three years ago, I tasked Jim Mora with the challenge of leading our football team back to success and through his experience, energy and leadership he has done just that,” UConn athletic director David Benedict said in a statement. “He has taken our program to post season bowl games twice and just guided our team to one of the best seasons in UConn football history, building a momentum to keep this program moving forward. I look forward to his leadership of our football team in the years ahead.” Mora is coming off one of the most successful seasons in UConn football history, having led the team to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the Fenway Bowl. It’s the Huskies’ second bowl appearance in three years. UConn’s eight wins is the most for the program since 2010, and the Huskies had their first winning season since that year, too. A win Saturday would give UConn nine wins for just the third time in program history, with the last two such seasons coming in 2003 and 2007. UConn quarterbacks coach Brad Robbins is heading to Tulsa as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, according to a report from CBS Sports. Robbins was part of a coaching staff that helped the offense produce its most prolific attack since the 2009 season and fifth-most in program history (32.3 points per game). Robbins worked at FCS Tennessee Tech and Division II North Greenville before joining Jim Mora’s staff in spring 2023.
Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro You’d expect a smartphone with top of the line silicon designed to get the most out of both gaming and everyday use will come with a significant price tag. The Asus ROG Phone 9 starts at $999, and climbs up to $1499 for the Pro edition reviewed here.. You wouldn’t expect it to come with just two years of Android updates and an additional two years of security updates. The ROG Phone 9 faces this huge issue straight out of the gate. For many, that minimal support window is going to be a dealbreaker. I'll put that aside for the rest of the review and look at the hardware, but I’m already thinking that Asus should up this to five years of Android for the ROG Phone 9 to feel viable. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Asus’ previous gaming phone, the Asus ROG Phone 8 started the ROG Phone series down a new path; rather than go all out and focus purely on gamers, the ROG Phone 8 opened up to a more mainstream user base, which in turn diluted some of the gaming aspects of the phone. The handset's design was more conservative, offered less thermal management hardware than previous handsets, and the garish bright colors and cyber-glow had been moved out of the phone and into a clip-on gaming peripheral. I wondered at the time if Asus’ gamble to move away from focusing on gamers to welcome a wider audience would be the right decision. The comparison now would be with the likes of the Samsung Galaxies and Honor Magics of the world, as opposed to the more niche gaming phones from the likes of Nubia. The 85 Best Black Friday Deals So Far, According To Our Editors 60+ Early Black Friday Deals Worth Shopping Right Now The Mainstream Ambitions Of The ROG Phone 9 With the ROG Phone 9 building on that mainstream direction, I’d have to presume that the feedback from the Phone 8 pointed to a continuation of the ethos within the Phone 9. This means that the two sides of the ROG Phone is still present. Is this a gaming phone that wants to join in with the mainstream, or is it a mainstream phone looking to get some street cred with the gamers? Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro I think it’s the former. In part, that's because the ROG Phone 8 feels more like an “S” update to the phone 8 rather than a new phone. It’s more than just a change of the chipset, although the inclusion of the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite processor means this is one of the fastest Android smartphones on the market today. That comes with another advantage... the ROG Phone 9 benefits from the power management of the 8 Elite. Coupled with Asus adding a 5800 mAh battery in the case, you are going to get some excellent battery life. In regular use, the phone will go for two days and partly into a third day before needing to be charged—which can use the bundled 65W fast charger o 15W wireless charging. This is, of course, is going to get cut down when you switch to gaming, but you have proportionately more endurance than the previous ROG Phone 8. What’s Been Bumped Up In The ROG Phone 9 Spec Sheet? Two key areas that have been improved are an increase in RAM, which helps performance in gaming but also allows for smoother task switching and app usage when the phone is just a phone. Perhaps most important is the increased passive cooling capacity. Top performance on any device, especially a smartphone, generates a lot of heat. If that heat is not drawn away from the chipset fast enough, the handset will have to throttle back, so this is a much-needed design decision. Asus has added “a little bit more” to many areas of the phone. You have more battery (up to 5800 mAh from 5500 mAh on the ROG Phone 8), the screen refresh upper limit is now 185 MHz (although not many titles will support this, put it down as future proofing), the rear camera picks up improvements to the gimballed stabilisation... again this all feels like a point upgrade to the ROG Phone 8 rather than a brand new handset. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro The more subtle design language of the Phone 8 continues here. It’s an angular design with a decent chamfer on the edges, which makes it blocky but not harsh. The camera island touches on a 45-degree language with a sliced-off corner—emphasised by the diagonal slash on the rear of the handset. You’ll also find the AniMe display on the back of the phone. It’s not a traditional display. Instead, there are 648 LED lights embedded in the surface, which only appear when in use. It brings a bit of life to notifications; you can leave the phone face down but still get nudged when something’s up. Asus has also included some straightforward games you could play on the screen, such as the classic Pong bat’n’ball but these feel more proof of concept than something to sell someone on the device. Especially since you can turn the phone over and get some games with slightly higher definitions. The Gaming Side Of The ROG Phone 9 So, how does it perform as a gaming handset? It’s probably worth picking out the impact that some of the compromises have made to the experience. The bezels around the screen have been reduced in size to feel more in line with consumer expectations of a premium phone, which has a knock-on effect that reduces the audio and visual impact of the experience. The first is the lack of forward-firing speakers. Without the extra space afforded by bezels, the speakers point out of the handset but to the sides. That’s wildly different to two stereo speakers astride a landscape screen, putting you into the gaming world. The ROG Phone 9 does have a headphone jack, that gives that stereo experience as well as no-lag audio, but the vanilla option is focused less on the gaming mode of the phone than general use. Then you have the selfie camera. It’s one of those features every phone needs, but manufacturers can decide how to implement it. Asus chose to have a punch-out camera and obscure part of the screen rather than mount it in a larger bezel, which shows how form has come ahead of function. To finish this triple, I want to call out the USB port. Like previous ROG Phones, the ROG Phone 9 has two USB-C ports. You have a secondary port on the long left-hand side, which might sound unusual until you shift the phone into landscape mode for gaming and realise that your hand covers the standard port and this secondary port is not at the base of the screen. You can have a charging cable here without interfering with your play. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Yet the main USB port feels awkward in another way. It’s not centred in the way that many smartphones are. Critically, the vast majority of third-party controllers expect the USB port to be in the middle of the phone. The off-centre port on the ROG Phone 9 forces it to sit awkwardly high on some controlers and is incompatible with others that wrap around the base. ROG’s own Tessen controller doesn’t have any side walls that stop the higher mounting of the ROG Phone 9, and certainly, the marketing suggests that this is the look that the Tessen/Phono combo was looking for, but the off-centre USB means that ROG is taking a lot of the choice away from users. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro There’s one element to the ROG Phone 9 that boosts the gaming nature of the smartphone: the AeroActive Cooler X Pro. This is available as a separate purchase as an accessory for the hardened gamer. Clipping around the back of the ROG Phone 9, it includes a hefty cooling fan to draw hot air away from the rear to keep the operating temperature way down. It also offers two additional physical trigger buttons that complements the air-trgger based shoulder buttons to give a more console-controller experience. The weight distribution does feel top-heavy when the AeroActive is attached. Reaching for the air-trigger shoulder buttons and the rear triggers and placing your thumbs on the screen for an FPS control system does not feel super-secure in my hands. It’s fine if developers allow you to place your thumbs high up on the screen for the virtual joysticks, but that’s not always the case. Given where the cooling fan needs to be, and the physical connection that the Tensor controller requires, there is unfortnatly no way that you can use both accessories at the same time which feels like the ultimate combination to get the full experience. Alas, not to be. Which is a shame because switching to a bluetooth controller with the AeroActive attached is a nice compact gaming solution. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro The final piece of the gaming puzzle is the software. Asus continues to use Armoury Crate to tailor the gaming experience. It allows you to tweak the performance settings for each app or game individually. You can turn up the graphical power on some games, cut it back, lean into procesing power on another, and mix and match on a per-title basis. In here you can also define your controls, so if a game does not support the air-trigger shoulder buttons or the AeroActive triggers natively (which, let’s face it, is likely), you can map these to keypresses or actions in Armoury Crate, again on a per-title basis. A quick sweep down from the corner of the screen brings it up; a tap sends it away. Armoury Crate has been present in the ROG Phone family for many years and is mature now. There’s an online database of controller and configuration files for the vast majority of gaming titles that can act as a starting point for your setups. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Taking all of these pros and cons together, how does it perform as a gaming handset? Some of the most demanding games on Android, think the likes of Genshin Impact, which have pushed the limits of gaming smartphones sit comfortably at the 60fps mark with the graphics turned all the way up. The power of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite comes into play here, but so do Asus' engineering decisions that focus on gaming; cooling both from the internal design and the AeroActive allow not only peak performance but enables you to keep playing for significantly longer sessions without the need to throttle everything back. Going thirty minutes is not a problem with the ROG Phone 9, especially with the AeroAcive offering the extra heat dissipation. Control-wise, the touchscreen's responsiveness helps with your ‘twitchy’ games, so you can do a quick sweep of a crosshair, jump to a distant platform, or just snapping a quick look behind you. There are also some subtle advantages when you play less intensive games. Balatro has recently arrived on Android, and the rouge-like card game is tearing up the charts. It doesn’t need all the graphical horsepower and high frame rates... which means that Armoury Crate software can be set up to turn everything down when Balatro is started, offering you more battery life and endurance when titles requiring less power are run. Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro I still feel that the ROG Phone 7 was Asus’ peak design for a gaming phone because the compromises were all in favour of the gaming experience. Gaming phones remain a niche product line but one that has many players. As the baseline of performance and graphical power of a ‘standard’ smartphone (albeit at flagship levels) continues to rise, the pure gaming phone is losing part of its identity. There remains a market for the ultra-focused device, but I don’t think this is the Asus ROG Phone 9. The ROG Phone 8 has taken the line down a different direction, and the ROG Phone 9 has tweaked that. Asus has put together a "Gaming Smartphone... For Everyone Else.” The graphics have enough power, and the computing needs to deliver a great experience. There’s also a feeling that this can be used as your regular smartphone without too many complications. I can’t decide if this is a niche on a niche (coming from the gaming side) or a niche on a widely popular site (coming from the premium everyday regular handsets). Given this is the second handset going in the latter direction, it’s probably a safe assumption that Asus has been able to find a market in this space, a market that isn’t an identikit phone although the ROG Phone 9 does try to hide the gaming prowess in something a little more subtle than the average gaming smartphone. The package works... but I can’t get past it coming with only two years of software updates. Given the high price of the ROG Phone 9, that one fact makes it incredibly difficult to recommend. Disclaimer: Asus supplied an Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro and accessories for review purposes...
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